by dbadmin | Sep 10, 2025 | Android 16, Google, Google Pixel, News
TL;DR A hidden feature in Android 16 QPR1 offers a new, faster way to reorganize your Quick Settings tiles. Instead of dragging and dropping, you can double-tap a tile to select it and then tap its new position to move it. This method is more precise and avoids the...
by dbadmin | Sep 9, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News
TL;DR Google is developing a new horizontal layout for Android’s volume slider that will likely appear when the device is in landscape mode. This new horizontal slider will be positioned at the top-center of the screen, a design choice similar to the one seen on...
by dbadmin | Sep 9, 2025 | Android 16, Material 3 Expressive, News, Polls, Survey
Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Google finally released Android 16 QPR1 to Pixel phone owners last week, and this update notably brings the Material 3 Expressive visual style. It also brings features like desktop mode and Auracast support for recent Pixels....
by dbadmin | Sep 5, 2025 | Android 16, Features, Google, Google Pixel 10
Believe it or not, I’m not usually one to load up beta software. It’s cool to try new Android features before they’re fully baked, but I run into more hiccups than I’d usually like along the way. However, when Google announced that the Android 16 QPR1 beta was ready...
by dbadmin | Sep 4, 2025 | Android 16, Android Security, Google, Google Pixel, Google Pixel 10, Google Pixel 6, Google Pixel 7, Google Pixel 8, Google Pixel 9, News
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google has started rolling out the September 2025 security patch for Pixel phones. The update is arriving for the Pixel 6 and newer devices, including the Pixel Tablet. As usual, the security update is rolling out alongside...
by dbadmin | Sep 3, 2025 | Android 16, Color OS, News, OnePlus, OnePlus OxygenOS, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, Xiaomi HyperOS
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Thanks to Google’s preponed release timeline, Android 16 has been out for Pixels since June. Samsung also launched phones with stable One UI 8 in July. The company has confirmed that more Galaxy devices will receive the stable...
